Mike Elias

Then I was a bike messenger and then I was parking cars, doing those jobs where you give cigarettes out of bars and shit like that. At a certain point, my wife and I... You were with her back then? We met in Philadelphia. We decided it was time to get the fuck out of Philadelphia. This is around 2004 or 2005, something like that. So we hopped in a Volkswagen Van, believe it or not.

Then I was a bike messenger and then I was parking cars, doing those jobs where you give cigarettes out of bars and shit like that. At a certain point, my wife and I... You were with her back then? We met in Philadelphia. We decided it was time to get the fuck out of Philadelphia. This is around 2004 or 2005, something like that. So we hopped in a Volkswagen Van, believe it or not.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

I wanted to play when I was a kid. My dad always played guitar. And I'm going to call him out for this, but I was like, Dad, can you teach me how to play guitar? And he was like, I taught myself you can teach your damn self.

I wanted to play when I was a kid. My dad always played guitar. And I'm going to call him out for this, but I was like, Dad, can you teach me how to play guitar? And he was like, I taught myself you can teach your damn self.

I wanted to play when I was a kid. My dad always played guitar. And I'm going to call him out for this, but I was like, Dad, can you teach me how to play guitar? And he was like, I taught myself you can teach your damn self.

I got to teach myself. Honestly, kind of. It stuck with me. I taught myself how to play guitar in late teens, early twenties. Just kind of like folk stuff. What did he play? Your classic... Rock'n'Roll, Pusha Man und Zeppelin. Auf Akustik? Auf Akustik. Das war immer in meinem Haus.

I got to teach myself. Honestly, kind of. It stuck with me. I taught myself how to play guitar in late teens, early twenties. Just kind of like folk stuff. What did he play? Your classic... Rock'n'Roll, Pusha Man und Zeppelin. Auf Akustik? Auf Akustik. Das war immer in meinem Haus.

I got to teach myself. Honestly, kind of. It stuck with me. I taught myself how to play guitar in late teens, early twenties. Just kind of like folk stuff. What did he play? Your classic... Rock'n'Roll, Pusha Man und Zeppelin. Auf Akustik? Auf Akustik. Das war immer in meinem Haus.

Ein bisschen. Bisschen groovy? Ja, ich war nicht ein Hippie per se. Einfach ein freier Geist. Wie kommst du nach Portland? We had to meet somebody there. We had a job at a skate camp actually for a summer. Because we ran out of money. This is in Datchpee, California. Met some friends there. They invited us to work on their farm up in Humboldt. Pop farm?

Ein bisschen. Bisschen groovy? Ja, ich war nicht ein Hippie per se. Einfach ein freier Geist. Wie kommst du nach Portland? We had to meet somebody there. We had a job at a skate camp actually for a summer. Because we ran out of money. This is in Datchpee, California. Met some friends there. They invited us to work on their farm up in Humboldt. Pop farm?

Ein bisschen. Bisschen groovy? Ja, ich war nicht ein Hippie per se. Einfach ein freier Geist. Wie kommst du nach Portland? We had to meet somebody there. We had a job at a skate camp actually for a summer. Because we ran out of money. This is in Datchpee, California. Met some friends there. They invited us to work on their farm up in Humboldt. Pop farm?

Yeah, before that it's just like whatever kind of shake in a little bag.

Yeah, before that it's just like whatever kind of shake in a little bag.

Yeah, before that it's just like whatever kind of shake in a little bag.